Grey Literature and Development:

The Non-Governmental Organization in Action

Why the NGO?

Expertise

Credibility

Effective networks

Health Related Organizations

• HIV/Aids

• Reproductive Rights

• Women and Children

• Sanitation

• Malaria and other tropical diseases

Structure of Disclosure

• First Disclosure – primary literature, book, thesis, article, presentation

• Secondary Disclosure – reviews, bibliographies, indexes, abstracts, summaries, digests, guides

• Tertiary Disclosure – reference works, popular synthesis

NGO Information Resources

• Newsletters and/or bulletins• Papers – briefing papers, policy papers,

policy briefs• Books• Journals• Videos• Press Releases

Resources Continued

• Training materials• Pamphlets• Factsheets• Annual Reports and similar materials• Blogs• Databases• PowerPoint presentations

What is missing?

• Governmental reports

• Funding body reports

• Subject population materials

Possible reasons for lack of disclosure

• Competition for funding dollars

• Confidentiality of client records

• Fear of reprisal

• Lack of expertise in web programming

Archiving Tools

• Subject repositories

• Institutional repositories

• “The Way-Back Machine”

• Archive-It

For more information please contact:Lynne Rudasill, Associate ProfessorUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaignrudasill@illinois.edu

The author wishes to acknowledge the Research and Publication Committee of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, which provided support of the completion of this research.